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View SchemaEfficient magneto-optical trapping of a metastable helium gas
| Authors | F. Pereira Dos Santos, F. Perales, J. Leonard, A. Sinatra, Junmin Wang, F. S. Pavone, E. Rasel, C. S. Unnikrishnan, M. Leduc |
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| ArXiv ID | physics/0103064 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0103064 |
| DOI | 10.1051/epjap:2001140 |
Abstract
This article presents a new experiment aiming at BEC of metastable helium atoms. It describes the design of a high flux discharge source of atoms and a robust laser system using a DBR diode coupled with a high power Yb doped fiber amplifier for manipulating the beam of metastable atoms. The atoms are trapped in a small quartz cell in an extreme high vacuum. The trapping design uses an additional laser (repumper) and allows the capture of a large number of metastable helium atoms (approximately $10^9$) in a geometry favorable for loading a tight magnetostatic trap.
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"doi": "10.1051/epjap:2001140",
"title": "Efficient magneto-optical trapping of a metastable helium gas",
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